I felt boxed-in by Mandrake as well. Then I tried Debian, and loved it.
You might try Slackware if you find Debian not hands-on enough. If you *really* need liberation, check out LinuxFromScratch, a document that describes how to make your own distro. Best of luck! -- Asheesh. On Tue, 20 Nov 2001, Leif Madsen wrote: > I am in the process of developing my own Linux distro to avoid the slowness > of the recent Mandrake distro. 8.0 is too hard to upgrade (stable) and 8.1 > is slow and unstable IMO. I do love the Mandrake distro though as it has > taught me so much, but I think I'm out-growing it.. > > Leif Madsen - Project Manager > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.plannettechnologies.com > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Mark D'voo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Tuesday, November 20, 2001 10:14 AM > Subject: Re: [expert] Upgrade from 7.2 to 8.1 > > > > Mandrake is the reason i'm still using linux, but 8.1 is way to slow, and > 8.0 > > isn't enough up-to-date. It cause me to switch to jblinux.net which i'm > > still using. > > > > mark > > > > On Wednesday 21 November 2001 03:09, you wrote: > > > I would have to agree with slower machines. I only use it in the > console > > > mode, so it's not bad. I've never used anything before 8.0 though. I > find > > > that there was a slow down between 8.1 and 8.0. I'm back to 8.0 because > > > 8.1 isn't nearly as stable either (IMHO). > > > > > > Leif Madsen - Project Manager > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > http://www.plannettechnologies.com > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: "Mark D'voo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > Sent: Tuesday, November 20, 2001 9:48 AM > > > Subject: Re: [expert] Upgrade from 7.2 to 8.1 > > > > > > > 8.1 seems a lot slower than 7.2, beware on slower machines, it made my > > > > 400 > > > > > > go > > > > > > > very slow > > > > > > > > On Wednesday 21 November 2001 02:42, you wrote: > > > > > I've never looked to see if there is a roll-back option for > Mandrake.. > > > > > > but > > > > > > > > I would assume that your hardware should be fine for 8.1 since I've > run > > > > > > it > > > > > > > > on a P100 with 32MB of RAM :) > > > > > > > > > > Leif Madsen - Project Manager > > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > http://www.plannettechnologies.com > > > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > > > From: "Ken Hawkins" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > To: "expert" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > Sent: Tuesday, November 20, 2001 3:06 PM > > > > > Subject: [expert] Upgrade from 7.2 to 8.1 > > > > > > > > > > > I have the MDK 8.1 CD I got as a burned ISO... > > > > > > I know that it is usually best to perform clean installs, but- I > have > > > > > > Mandrake 7.2 on my laptop, and it is running great. I have also > > > > > > customized and added programs that are useful to me (such as > > > > > > ConsoleOne, > > > > > > > > > Netscape 4.78, VNCviewer etc etc). I would like to install as an > > > > > > upgrade > > > > > > > > > so I don't have to redo all the installations, but I am concerned > > > > > > with breaking something. > > > > > > > > > > > > I guess my question would be: is there a roll-back option > available > > > > > > if the upgrade breaks? > > > > > > > > > > > > A second question is what is the minimum hardware requirement for > > > > > > 8.1? Will an AMD 380mhz, with 160MB ram be enough? > > > >
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